Battle of Jumonville's Glen

The Battle of Jumonville's Glen, also called the Jumonville Affair, was a fifteen minute-long battle fought between the Thirteen Colonies and the Kingdom of France that started the French and Indian War.

Background
In 1622, the Powhatan Confederacy made peace with the English settlers and the East Coast of America was cleared out for white settlement. However, many empires came in search of lands, and the French built a series of forts on the Ohio Valley to fortify a line connecting Canada and Louisiana. George Washington was sent to demand their immediate withdrawal by Governor Robert Dinwiddie. With 52 Colonists and Iroquois, Washington marched on Fort Duquesne, where he planned to carry out his quota. However, he met a scouting party under Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville and a firefight broke out.

Battle
The two sides met in a skirmish that lasted for 15 minutes. The British and Iroquois ambushed the French, killing 14 of them with negligible losses. Coulon agreed to surrender, but was killed by the Indian leader Tanacharison, breaching the treaty. Washington was tagged with murdering a French officer, and became an enemy of France.

Aftermath
In revenge for the loss of his brother, Louis Coulon de Villiers led an army to punish the British Colonists. He took Fort Necessity and forced Washington to sign a document admitting to the murder of the French officer before letting his men leave the fort with all of their arms and supplies.